Firms face corporate finance work crisis
Corporate Finance

Firms face corporate finance work crisis

22y Philip Smith.

Firms face corporate finance work crisis

Crisis looms over the corporate finance departments of accountancy firms after it emerged that deal values have plummeted by nearly two thirds over th...

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WebOrator set to float
Corporate Finance

WebOrator set to float

22y Accountancy Age

WebOrator set to float

Hacker Young has helped WebOrator, the online business marketing service, raise more than £225,000 through a share listing on OFEX, preparing the comp...

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Breaking up is easy for shareholders
Corporate Finance

Breaking up is easy for shareholders

22y Philip Smith.

Breaking up is easy for shareholders

Demergers are the way forward for shareholder value, with some splits boosting share prices by nearly 50%, new figures have revealed. Read More...

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Deal values plummet in corporate finance
Corporate Finance

Deal values plummet in corporate finance

22y Philip Smith.

Deal values plummet in corporate finance

Crisis looms over the corporate finance departments of accountancy firms after it emerged that deal values have plummeted by nearly two thirds over th...

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Why acquisitions don't work
Corporate Finance

Why acquisitions don't work

22y Accountancy Age

Why acquisitions don't work

We all know the statistics - two in three acquisitions fail. But what does this mean? Read More...

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Grant Thornton strengthens corporate finance team
Corporate Finance

Grant Thornton strengthens corporate finance team

22y Larry Schlesinger

Grant Thornton strengthens corporate finance team

Grant Thornton, the fifth biggest accountancy firm according to the Accountancy Age Top 50 has appointed six new partners to its corporate finance pra...

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Opinion - Deal's on, Touche wood
Corporate Finance

Opinion - Deal's on, Touche wood

22y Accountancy Age

Opinion - Deal's on, Touche wood

Deloitte & Touche expects to hear any day now whether its attempts to acquire the business of Andersen will escape the formal attention of the Europea...

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In defense of NEDs
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In defense of NEDs

22y Accountancy Age

In defense of NEDs

NEDs - non executive directors - have been much in the news of late, usually under attack when companies fail or executives are perceived to have exce...

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M&A activity down
Corporate Finance

M&A activity down

22y AccountancyAge.com

M&A activity down

More evidence of the dire state of the mergers and acquisitions market appeared this week when KPMG Corporate Finance revealed the total value of glob...

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BDO finds itself top of the class.
Corporate Finance

BDO finds itself top of the class.

22y Philip Smith.

BDO finds itself top of the class.

Downsend School in Leatherhead, Surrey, has become the latest to be snapped up by independent school consolidator Asquith Court, thanks to BDO Stoy Ha...

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Music to the ears of Jazz FM
Corporate Finance

Music to the ears of Jazz FM

22y Philip Smith.

Music to the ears of Jazz FM

Last week Friday was the deadline for shareholders to approve the agreed deal between Guardian Media Group and Jazz FM, in a move that will see the ra...

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Dire straits for merger market
Corporate Finance

Dire straits for merger market

22y Philip Smith.

Dire straits for merger market

More evidence of the dire state of the mergers and acquisitions market has emerged, with the total value of deals slumping to its lowest for five year...

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Continence acquisition springs a leak
Corporate Finance

Continence acquisition springs a leak

22y Adriana Zea

Continence acquisition springs a leak

Competition minister Melanie Johnson says the acquisition of an SSL International subsidiary by Danish healthcare company Coloplast infringes UK compe...

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FATF looks within to fight terror financing
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FATF looks within to fight terror financing

22y Larry Schlesinger

FATF looks within to fight terror financing

The Financial Action Task Force will release a report on Friday, revealing the results of an assessment of its own members' attempts to counter terror...

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UK companies lose out on IP revenues
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UK companies lose out on IP revenues

22y Larry Schlesinger

UK companies lose out on IP revenues

The overwhelming majority of UK companies undervalue their intellectual property, denying themselves millions of pounds in untapped revenues, a new su...

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Following through post-IPO
Corporate Finance

Following through post-IPO

22y Accountancy Age

Following through post-IPO

Bad habits are hard to break. But starting as you mean to go on can be a valuable lesson. Read More...

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Lack of confidence hits IPOs
Corporate Finance

Lack of confidence hits IPOs

22y Philip Smith.

Lack of confidence hits IPOs

Experts now believe that confidence in the corporate finance markets is unlikely to return until the last three months of the year. Read More...

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E&Y culls staff in corporate finance arm
Corporate Finance

E&Y culls staff in corporate finance arm

22y Philip Smith.

E&Y culls staff in corporate finance arm

Big Five firm Ernst & Young is to axe four partners and up to 25 staff from its corporate finance arm following a decline in merger and acquisition ac...

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PKF finds buyer for Landis' UK training unit
Corporate Finance

PKF finds buyer for Landis' UK training unit

22y Larry Schlesinger

PKF finds buyer for Landis' UK training unit

Administrators at PKF have successfully negotiated the sale of the training division of European Telecom Landis Group to Sphinx CST. Read More...

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Marconi appoints team to negotiate £2.9bn debt
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Marconi appoints team to negotiate £2.9bn debt

22y Accountancy Age

Marconi appoints team to negotiate £2.9bn debt

Marconi has appointed troubleshooter Allen Thomas to its board and hired restructuring company Talbot Hughes as advisors. Read More...

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Telewest FD gets bonus despite stock collapse
Corporate Finance

Telewest FD gets bonus despite stock collapse

22y Larry Schlesinger

Telewest FD gets bonus despite stock collapse

Charles Burdick, financial director at cable company Telewest, and three other company directors, have all received substantial bonuses despite the co...

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KPMG tops corporate advisory table
Corporate Finance

KPMG tops corporate advisory table

22y Accountancy Age

KPMG tops corporate advisory table

KPMG has topped the Zephus league tables, prepared exclusively for Accountancy Age, for the first quarter of 2002, working on £845m worth of deals, in...

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Management team key to MBO success
Corporate Finance

Management team key to MBO success

22y Tewksbury

Management team key to MBO success

Everyone knows the competency of the top team can make or break a business. Management is the key ingredient and the prime reason why deals fail. Read...

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Depressing news for MBOs
Corporate Finance

Depressing news for MBOs

22y Philip Smith.

Depressing news for MBOs

Management buyouts, the long-time staple diet of corporate finance arms of the accountancy firms, remain at depressed levels in 2002, figures suggest....

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Ford Campbell makes family builders sparkle
Corporate Finance

Ford Campbell makes family builders sparkle

22y Larry Schlesinger

Ford Campbell makes family builders sparkle

Corporate finance advisers at Ford Campbell have completed the sale of family builders' merchants Joseph Spark & Sons to Travis Perkins in a multi-mil...

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Price Bailey secures Hipkins sale
Corporate Finance

Price Bailey secures Hipkins sale

22y Accountancy Age

Price Bailey secures Hipkins sale

The Hertforshire-based corporate finance specialist Price Bailey has managed to secure the sale of quantity surveyors Hipkins Associates to one of its...

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New fears for PFI
Corporate Finance

New fears for PFI

22y Gavin Hinks

New fears for PFI

Fresh concerns have arisen around accounting for PFI projects after support service company Amey posted an £18.3m loss following changes in accounting...

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